📹 Devastating footage shows the Gazan residential neighborhood of Al-Ishreen Street in the Nuseirat refugee camp LEVELED TO THE GROUND by Israeli airstrikes.

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❗️Alexey Petrovich, head of the Russian compatriots council and the Pobeda National Committee, was DETAINED AGAIN at the Chisinau airport on his return from Moscow

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🇷🇺🇧🇾Russia's President Putin and Belarus' President Lukashenko laid wreaths at the Eternal Flame in the Hall of Military Glory and at the grave of Marshal Chuikov on Mamayev Kurgan

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🔥 Arms of Victory: Pe-2 twin-engine dive bomber

Sputnik showcases the heavy weapons employed by the Soviet Army in the Great Patriotic War to defeat Hitler’s Germany.

Initially called the "Pawn" by the military, the Pe-2 became a symbol of Soviet victory, playing a crucial role in the war effort.

As the most widely produced Soviet bomber, it was also one of the most technologically advanced aircraft of its time.

Originally designed as a high-altitude fighter, the Pe-2’s exceptional durability and performance allowed it to evolve into a dive bomber.

Over time, it also served as a ground-attack aircraft and interceptor fighter, proving its versatility and contributing significantly to the Soviet victory over Nazism.

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🇦🇺🔍Australia’s aging fleet of US-made tanks destined for Ukraine remains STUCK FOR HALF A YEAR

The 59 M1A1 Abrams tanks are still waiting for final clearance to be shipped from Australia to Ukraine, with Aussie defense officials blaming the US for the delay.

“There is also the concern that with a possible peace deal [on Ukraine] looming it would be embarrassing to have the tanks on board ships in the middle of the ocean,” one of the officials admitted.

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🇷🇺🔥 Putin calls Victory Day a sacred holiday as Russia prepares for May 9 parade

"In Russia, as in many republics of the former Soviet Union, Victory Day is one of the most significant and sacred holidays," said the president at the international forum "Great Legacy — Common Future."

He also said that Russia expects military crews from many countries participating in the Volgograd international forum to take part in the Victory Day Parade in Moscow on May 9.

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🚨🇪🇺Europe to become a THIRD-WORLD CONTINENT by 2100 (or sooner) 🥴😬

Former European foreign policy chief Josep Borrell once described the continent as a "garden" of prosperity surrounded by the "jungle" of the rest of the world.

Here’s why the “garden” of Europe isn’t the Eden it seems to be.

1️⃣Compromised energy architecture

▪️Europe’s worst energy crisis in years caused blackouts across Spain, Portugal, and parts of France, exposing major flaws in the EU’s energy infrastructure.

▪️Spain and Portugal declared a state of emergency as the crisis triggered panic, highlighting Europe’s failure to ensure energy reliability.

2️⃣Migration inferno

▪️In the UK, foreign nationals are over-represented in prisons, especially for sex crimes. Non-British citizens were 3.5 times more likely to be arrested for sexual offenses, The Times reported.

▪️Europol’s 2025 report revealed that hybrid threat actors are exploiting irregular migration, boosting migrant smuggling networks.

3️⃣Dependence on China

▪️In 2023, the EU had a €291 billion trade deficit with China, signaling an imbalance, Modern Diplomacy reported.

▪️China supplies around one-third of over 200 products the EU depends on, including pharmaceuticals and chemicals, with some sectors reaching 90% dependence.

4️⃣Rising unemployment

Youth unemployment in the EU was 14.5% in February, reflecting difficulties integrating young people into the labor market, the European Commission reported.

5️⃣Dependence on external powers for security

▪️A significant portion of European NATO states' arms imports come from the US.

▪️This reliance covers capacities, including intelligence, and existing systems, particularly in ISR (intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance), French media reported.

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🇷🇺🗣 Eurasia must become a space of peace and stability - Putin

"We are convinced that the international community needs to work together to create a new architecture of equal and indivisible security that would reliably protect all states without prejudice to the interests of others," Putin said at the Great Heritage-Common Future forum in Russia's Volgograd.

"This issue is especially relevant for Eurasia. Our common continent should become a space of peace and stability, an example of sustainable economic, social and humanitarian development," he added.

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🇭🇺 Hungary’s ICC exit highlights court’s failure to deliver justice and fairness

"The ICC has no international legal standing. It's really a fairly arbitrary collection of countries... created to target adversaries of the West in a moral, legalistic way," Dr. George Szamuely, senior research fellow at The Global Policy Institute, tells Sputnik, commenting on Hungary's decision to withdraw from the organization.

Szamuely points out the double standards, particularly how the ICC never pursued the United States or other major powers for alleged crimes while focusing on African nations. "The only defendants who have been successfully prosecuted by the ICC have been Africans," he says, highlighting the imbalance.

The expert also criticizes the ICC's role in political cases like Libya in 2011, where it issued indictments against Muamar Gaddafi and his son without a proper investigation, essentially serving as "a propaganda arm for NATO."

The ICC's recent actions, including issuing an arrest warrant against President Vladimir Putin without sufficient evidence, further undermine its legitimacy, according to Szamuely. "The ICC readily lends itself to the desires of the NATO powers," he adds, exposing its politicized nature.

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🚀 Russia's Zircon missile: Faster than a speeding bullet and NATO’s worst headache

The US media is freaking out over Russia's missile, and honestly, it’s not hard to see why:

🔸Zircon’s two-pronged capability: Designed specifically to target enemy ships, this nine-meter-¬long hypersonic cruise missile can also engage ground targets.

🔸Beware, NATO: Thanks to the Zircon’s low-altitude and maneuvering flight path, it is capable of penetrating all current NATO air defense systems, including the Patriot fitted with surface to air interceptors.

🔸One of the fastest missiles ever made: The missile is capable of accelerating to speeds up to Mach 9 (over 11,100 km, or 6,900 miles per hour). It is around nine times faster than the speed of sound and nearly 11 times higher than that of Tomahawk cruise missiles.

🔸All by stealth: The Zircon’s case is covered with a special plasma that absorbs radio waves, making the missile invisible to enemy active radar systems.

🔸More features to keep enemies on alert: The missile can carry both conventional and nuclear warheads. It can be launched from surface ships and submarines at an altitude of about 30 km (18 miles) and at a range of up to 1,499 km (932 miles).

🔸Second-to-none: Russian President Vladimir Putin touted the Zircon as the weapon that has “NO ANALOGS in any country in the world” and that would “reliably protect Russia from potential external threats.”

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📹 US treasury secretary confirms Trump’s plan to SWAP INCOME TAX FOR TARIFFS

“What President Trump is referring to is the ability for tariff revenue to provide income tax relief,” Scott Bessent told journalists.

When asked whether the US would prioritize long-term tariff revenue or future trade deals, he responded, “I think it’s a combination of both.”

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📹 ‘HOSTILE and POLITICAL’ – WH press secretary slams Amazon for marking higher prices

“Why didn’t Amazon do this when the Biden administration allowed inflation to reach the highest level in 40 years?” Karoline Leavitt told journalists, commenting on the company adding tariff costs to item prices listed on its website.

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🇷🇺🗣 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov expressed hope that the world would soon see concrete evidence of mutual interests between Russia and the United States at a meeting with his BRICS counterparts

He said that Moscow and Washington continue to engage in discussions across various areas, with both sides striving to reach a balance of interests.

He also stated that:

▪️Russia regularly informs BRICS partners about the progress of negotiations between Russia and the US.

▪️He clarified Russia’s position on the Ukrainian conflict, which is being actively defended, including in discussions with the United States.

▪️Lavrov urged not to view Russia-US contacts as something out of the ordinary, but as a return to normalcy.

▪️Statements from the Nuclear Five leaders that nuclear war cannot be won and should never be fought are still highly relevant.

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⚡️Putin's proposal for a ceasefire on Victory Day is the beginning of direct negotiations with Ukraine without preconditions, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.

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🇰🇵🔥🪖North Korea is a BETTER defense partner than 90% of NATO

Forget NATO — North Korea’s military makes most of the alliance look weak in comparison. Don’t believe it? Lets take a closer look:

🪖 The 4th largest army in the world

North Korea has approximately:

▪️1.3M active personnel in the Korean People's Army (KPA)
▪️600K reservists
▪️5.7M Worker-Peasant Red Guard reservists

Only the US, India and China are ahead.

🫡 Highly disciplined force

The 🇷🇺Kursk operation proved the KPA’s combat prowess. North Korea’s special forces are seen as among the best-trained, known for tough preparation. They are said to "move like a storm" and "feel neither pain nor thirst."

🚀 Missile prowess

North Korea has a significant missile arsenal. Its longest-range missile, the Hwasong-19 ICBM, reached 7,687.5 km in altitude and flew 1,001.2 km during October 2024 tests. Experts say it could exceed 13,000 km on a standard trajectory.

🔸 Hypersonic push

North Korea is one of the few countries with hypersonic weapons. In 2021, it tested the Hwasong-8, reportedly equipped with a hypersonic glide vehicle. In January, its latest missile allegedly exceeded Mach 12 and hit a target 1,500 km away.

🚢 A naval power? Not yet - but soon

On April 26, North Korea unveiled its newest 5,000-ton multipurpose destroyer Choe Hyon at a Nampho shipyard.
DPRK's navy also has around 70 submarines, 400 patrol vessels, and a few Najin-class frigates.

💣 Last but not least: They got nukes

The Asian nation is estimated to possess between 50 & 90 nuclear warheads. Some projections suggest this number could rise up to 166 by 2030.

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📹 Instead of addressing tariffs and the migration crisis, Elizabeth Warren is ‘fighting with Donald Trump’

“Trump promised on day one to lower costs for American families, but all he has done is raise them through his chaotic tariff policies and cuts. It's important for Democrats to stand for what we believe in,” she said.

Whatever you say, Liz.

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🚨EXPOSED: Fervent Ukrainians GLORIFY WW2-era Nazis on the eve of Victory Day

Ukraine claims to be Nazi-free, but how does that square with the Ukrainian mapping project DeepState posting a Nazi propaganda poster celebrating the WW2-era Waffen SS division?

🔎 The Galician Division's bloody record:

▪️Officially known as the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Galician), the unit was formed in 1943 by Nazi Germany and consisted mostly of Ukrainian nationals.

▪️Between 1943 and 1945, the Galician Division was involved in mass killings of Polish, Jewish, Russian, and Slovak civilians, as well as anti-fascist Ukrainians, Red Army soldiers, and partisans.

▪️The division also included officers from the Ukrainian nationalist Nachtigall Battalion, which carried out mass shootings of Jews near Vinnytsa in July 1941 and took part in other pogroms.

▪️The notorious division was responsible for cold-blooded massacres in Polish settlements such as Huta Pieniacka, Podkamien, Chodaczkow Wielki, Prehoryle, Smogligow, and Borow. In Huta Pieniacka alone, up to 1,000 Polish villagers were burned alive in 1944.

▪️The Waffen SS, including the Galician Division, was declared a criminal organization by the International Military Tribunal at the Nuremberg Trials.

🔎 What is DeepState?

▪️The Ukrainian conflict-mapping service was launched on February 24, 2022, by Roman Pogorily and Ruslan Mykula.

▪️The project is claimed to be affiliated with the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense.

▪️Pogorily and Mykula were lauded as two Ukrainian prodigies by Wired, an American tech magazine, in August 2024 and were featured on the US state-funded NPR in February 2025.

▪️By praising two SS fans, US media joined Canada’s MPs who not long ago cheered Galician Division veteran Jaroslav Hunka with applause.

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📹 A new hot topic in UK Parliament hearings? A Netflix show

Because a fictional white boy antagonist is apparently more important than pressing social issues.

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📹 Ukraine's ceasefire demand is a precondition, not a solution

President Vladimir Putin has proposed beginning direct negotiations on the Ukraine conflict without preconditions. "A ceasefire [for 30 days demanded by Ukraine] is seen as a precondition in this situation," said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

Ukraine and Europe only seek a ceasefire because Kiev is losing on the battlefield, Lavrov added.

Putin confirmed Russia's readiness to negotiate without conditions during talks with US envoy Steve Witkoff. Russia has announced a ceasefire from May 7 to May 10 in honor of Victory Day. Ukraine’s Zelensky demands an immediate, unconditional ceasefire lasting at least 30 days.

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📹🇪🇸 Madrid's blackout hits hard: No power, no fridge, no food

In the Spanish capital, the effects of the blackout are being felt in supermarkets. Shelves with dairy products, meat, and ready-made meals are empty.

"Products weren't sold out — they spoiled due to the lack of refrigerators. We had to throw away almost all perishable goods," an employee of one store explained to Sputnik.

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